Judges 4:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera’s whole army died by the edge of the sword; not even one survived!

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:7-8 : 7 You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword. 8 Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
  • Josh 10:19-20 : 19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don’t allow them to retreat to their cities, for the LORD your God is handing them over to you.” 20 Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.
  • Josh 11:8 : 8 The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
  • Ps 83:9 : 9 Do to them as you did to Midian– as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!
  • Ps 104:35 : 35 May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
  • Isa 43:17 : 17 the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:
  • Rom 2:12 : 12 For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 4:12-15
    4 verses
    87%

    12When Sisera heard that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,

    13he ordered all his chariotry– nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels– and all the troops he had with him to go from Harosheth Haggoyim to the River Kishon.

    14Deborah said to Barak,“Spring into action, for this is the day the LORD is handing Sisera over to you! Has the LORD not taken the lead?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

    15The LORD routed Sisera, all his chariotry, and all his army with the edge of the sword. Sisera jumped out of his chariot and ran away on foot.

  • Judg 4:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty.

    18Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him,“Stop and rest, my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.

  • Judg 4:6-10
    5 verses
    78%

    6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him,“Is it not true that the LORD God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun!

    7I will bring Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to you at the Kishon River, along with his chariots and huge army. I will hand him over to you.”

    8Barak said to her,“If you go with me, I will go. But if you do not go with me, I will not go.”

    9She said,“I will indeed go with you. But you will not gain fame on the expedition you are undertaking, for the LORD will turn Sisera over to a woman.” Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

    10Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; Deborah went up with him as well.

  • Judg 4:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2The LORD turned them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.

    3The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

  • Judg 8:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.

    11Gideon went up the road of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army.

    12When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army.

  • Judg 4:20-24
    5 verses
    73%

    20He said to her,“Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you,‘Is there a man here?’ say,‘No.’”

    21Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion, and he died.

    22Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him,“Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for.” He went with her into the tent, and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead with the tent peg in his temple.

    23That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

    24Israel’s power continued to overwhelm King Jabin of Canaan until they did away with him.

  • Josh 8:17
    71%

    17No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

  • Judg 5:30
    70%

    30‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder– a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’

  • Judg 7:14
    69%

    14The other man said,“Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

  • Judg 5:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She“hammered” Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple.

    27Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell– violently killed!

  • Judg 7:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the LORD caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

    23Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.

  • Josh 11:8
    69%

    8The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

  • Judg 5:20
    69%

    20From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.

  • Judg 20:46
    69%

    46That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors.

  • 2 Sam 17:12
    68%

    12We will come against him wherever he happens to be found. We will descend on him like the dew falls on the ground. Neither he nor any of the men who are with him will be spared alive– not one of them!

  • Judg 5:1
    68%

    1Celebrating the Victory in Song On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song:

  • Judg 20:25
    68%

    25The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.

  • Judg 21:10
    68%

    10So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors against Jabesh Gilead. They commanded them,“Go and kill with your swords the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children.

  • Judg 5:12
    68%

    12Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Capture your prisoners of war, son of Abinoam!

  • 2 Sam 10:18
    68%

    18The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.

  • Exod 14:28
    68%

    28The water returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh that was coming after the Israelites into the sea– not so much as one of them survived!

  • Deut 2:16
    68%

    16Instructions Concerning Ammon So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,

  • Ps 83:9
    68%

    9Do to them as you did to Midian– as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!

  • Judg 20:17
    68%

    17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

  • Judg 1:4
    68%

    4The men of Judah attacked, and the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek.

  • Josh 11:14
    67%

    14The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.

  • Judg 5:6
    67%

    6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.

  • Judg 8:4
    67%

    4Gideon Tracks Down the Midianite Kings Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

  • Josh 11:4
    67%

    4These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.